Ba Chuc, a Vietnamese community in the Mekong Delta, sits just across the border from Cambodia. On April 18, 1978, Khmer Rouge soldiers entered the village from Cambodia and massacred 3,157 men, women, and children — almost the entire population. Today the skulls of many of the victims are on display in an outdoor memorial. Statistics, […]
Expanding Awareness Of Geography Through Travel
One morning on Ko Chang, Thailand, while sitting by the sea and preparing to breakfast on a pineapple pancake and a pineapple shake, I read a puzzling line in Simon Winchester’s book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883. Winchester pointed out that the 1969 film Krakatoa: East of Java contains a glaring geographical error in […]
View Through A Cracked Window Pane (Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet)
I had never given Mount Everest much thought before, but that was because until this afternoon I had never met her. Now, sitting on my bed at 9:00 p.m. and viewing the 29,029-foot mountain through a cracked window pane in Tibet, I knew some small part of my life had changed forever. I was in […]
Travel Photography And The Act Of Giving
When on the road with my camera, sometimes for months at a time, I often go to bed with the distinct feeling that I receive more than I give. I am a traveling photographer who focuses on people, which means I spend my days asking things of others. I ask for their permission, their time, […]
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